republican admits that republicans don't 'understand' policy

Enrique

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Wed May-05-10 04:45 PM
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republican admits that republicans don't 'understand' policy

http://wonkette.com/415250/415250#comments

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0510/Thune_Corker_breaks_ranks_because_he_understands_issues.html?showall

Thune: Corker breaks ranks because he 'understands' issues

In either a garbled thought or one of the great, classic gaffes, John Thune suggests that his colleague Bob Corker breaks from the party line a lot because he actually thinks about policy:

"I think he�s a guy who�s willing to get down into the weeds," said South Dakota Sen. John Thune, who is No. 4 in GOP leadership. "Because he immerses himself in that and understands it so well � the positions he adopts may not always be the ones that everyone else in our conference comes to."

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Angry Dragon

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Wed May-05-10 04:48 PM
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1. So if you read and try to understand

you might actually come to a conclusion that strays from the standard party line??

Perhaps the message there is that the party line is really flawed and they need to read more instead of repeating what they are told.

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easilynervous

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Wed May-05-10 05:01 PM
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2. I wish they would realize that n/t

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